Pretty good. I like the Native American lore woven in.

An excellent mixture of both the mystery and horror genres.

I can picture with such clarity the scenes they keep swapping between and I have such an intense feeling similar to other late 80s/early 90s horror thrillers.

This book was pretty solid all the way through. Really enjoyed this one. Definitely worth a read if thrillers from the 90s are your guilty pleasure.

Not what I expected it to be but a decent psychological thriller with good suspense. But I really expected the killer to be a crazy Red Indian with some supernatural powers. Can't give it more than 3 stars.

As a writer and author myself, I appreciate literature from a different perspective than most. I learned of John Saul from watching "Another", a fantastic horror anime. One of the secondary characters mentioned JS to the main character - and so I made note of it. I asked my reading group (on Facebook) if they had heard of this author, and he received high praise. I loved this book, until LITERALLY the LAST FIVE PAGES! Absolutely NO Conclusion and Resolution to the plot! That's all I can say about that.

The Character Arcs are fantastic. The scenes are fantastic - I could picture everything in my head as if it was a movie. I was emotionally invested in the story. My favorite was Brown Eagle. He says about 50 lines, but each thing he says and does is poignant and symbolic. He should have had more focus toward the end, but that is just my opinion.

I know most of JS's books are stand-alone stories - so I could forgive him if this were, say, one of the 5 books he'd written - but seeing as this is his FOURTEENTH BOOK - I was sincerely disappointed that there was no aftermath to a well-earned conclusion. I'd expected better than a three word ending. It really felt like the book was missing the last 15 pages - as if Saul just gave up and stopped.

The worst thing an author can do is insult the reader's intelligence by writing a really great story with a good ending, with a subpar aftermath! The second worst thing you can do is have NO TRUE ENDING at all.

Before I judge the writing and story-telling skills of JS, I will read a second novel of his [suggestions are appreciated, thank you], but if I had to go by this novel, I would not feel good about recommending this book to others. Thank you for your time and consideration - this is my first review. I hope it was pithy enough, and productive for those who read it.

It pains me to give 2* to one of my favourite authors but i have to accept that this one is really bad. It felt like there was no mystery, you figure out the villan pretty early on and you know how thing will go down from there. Also i know this was written in the 90s but the resemblance to the covid19 vaccine+ 5G conspiracy makes the plot really laughable. The characters also have no depth, i kinda liked Frank, but thats it, the others are so plain it hurts.

John Saul has a reputation for hurting or experimenting on children. This one is no different, but he includes adults too. Small town, out in the middle of nowhere, no one would take much notice in people changing. No one would question it when a couple of people, mostly troublemakers, had strokes. No one would notice a change in the children's behavior for the better. But someone did and started investigating and asking too many questions for her own good. Why were the teens getting a flu vaccination? What was in those shots? Why was UniChem so interested in a failing oil refinery and dam? If you're into conspiracy theories and think there's something in the vaccines, this book is right up your alley!

O carte interesantă, bună pentru un film de duminica. Un pic prea previzibilă și un pic prea trasă de păr, dar destul de alertă. Perfectă pentru cei care iubesc "teoria conspirației ", mai ales dacă este citită în acesta perioadă de pandemie.

As a suspense-filled mystery, John Saul delivers. Reading this novel was timely for discussion, but may fuel the minds of those with anxiety already over the vaccine. It's good to be reminded that this novel is fictitious.

Really enjoyed this book, well worth reading. To begin with I fpumd the narrator really irritating but in time she grew on me.

By far the best Sauk book I have read. It is not be same old hashed-over (and entertaining) drivel about a possessed teen exacting revenge on an abusive relative. This one has substance, a clear plot, defined characters, and a very natural flow.

For John Saul I felt like this one was kind of a slow burn. I did enjoy the story once it got past a bunch of details that seemed unnecessary to me. Parts of the story were pretty predictable. The synopsis and title made me think something kind of Freddy Krueger-ish but I was wrong. More of a 3 1/2 star rating, would have rated higher if it didn't take almost half the book to really get to the point.